''Serpenticobitis'', popularly known as serpent loaches, is a small
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
loaches
Loaches are fish of the superfamily Cobitoidea. They are freshwater, benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish found in rivers and creeks throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Loaches are among the most diverse groups of fish; the 1249 known species of ...
found in the
Mekong River Basin in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...
.
It is the only genus in the family Serpenticobitidae.
Species
* ''
Serpenticobitis cingulata''
T. R. Roberts, 1997
* ''
Serpenticobitis octozona''
T. R. Roberts, 1997
* ''
Serpenticobitis zonata''
Kottelat
Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, Switzerland[C ...](_blank)
, 1998
References
Serpenticobitidae
Fish of Asia
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